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An Examination of Botanical Materials from Mashantucket Pequot Site 72-58 (2007)
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Seventy-nine flotation samples from an 18th century Mashantucket Pequot homestead in Connecticut were submitted to the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research for paleoethnobotanical analysis in order to examine both the maintenance of and changes in subsistence practices during the reservation period. Wood, nutshells and nutmeat, seeds, and other plant parts were among the thousands of botanical remains recovered. These plant remains came from a variety of ecozones, and may show evidence for...